Day: January 6, 2012

An action/platformer based on Nathan Jurevicius’ graphic novel Scarygirl will land on XBLA and PSN later this month. Developed by Tikgames and published by Square Enix, Scarygirl will hit the Xbox 360 on January 18, and will follow on the PS3 on January 24. You will be able to play as a girl who is Read More…

Microsoft’s customer service is almost legendary in terms of how awful it is, but one woman in particular may have unlocked the Master Sword of incompetence. Susan Taylor awoke one day to find that her Xbox Live account was hacked, and $214.97 of MS Points had been purchased and transferred out. Microsoft would do all Read More…

EA, in an attempt to gain ownership of SSX.com ahead of the series’ February relaunch, challenged Abstract Holdings International LTD’s claim on the address, saying that the URL was registered in “bad faith.” A panel at The National Arbitration Forum, however, has determined that EA’s argument was insufficient. “The EA allegations of bad faith in Read More…

Valve says that Steam has enjoyed 100 percent growth in 2011, marking the seventh consecutive year the digital retail and distribution platform has doubled its sales. In 2011 Steam’s catalogue of titles grew to 18,000 titles and its user base grew to over 40 million. The company also claimed that 780 Petabytes of data was Read More…

The creator of Super Mario Bros. and the Legend of Zelda says he’s developing a brand new title. Speaking in an interview with Zoomin.tv, Shigeru Miyamoto says he’s developing an undisclosed tile in addition to the previously announced Pikmin 3 for Wii U. “People have come to expect a lot from me. This certainly makes Read More…

THQ has recently released some new screens and artwork for Obsidian’s unlikely RPG, South Park: The Game. You’ll also notice that, unlike past software efforts, this game actually resembles the show to a near identical degree. Although, it is not exactly the hardest to create, it really adds to the value of the game and Read More…

If you intend on going to Boston for the Penny Arcade Expo East, and you have not bought your passes yet… I’d advise you no longer wait! Mike Krahulik has posted on Penny Arcade that 90% of 3-day passes have been scarfed up despite the event falling on Easter weekend. They are also cracking down Read More…

Yesterday, a survival horror game AMY was announced and gamers completely fell in love. Then, out of all of the attention it got (including here on GH) someone noticed that the game was going to be 800 Microsoft points, which is about $10, but on the Playstation version it was going to be $12.99, after Read More…